rüstig
German, adjective/ˈʁʏstɪç/
rüstig is spelled R-Ü-S-T-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rüstig is a German adjective meaning “healthy, robust, spry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor allem körperlich leistungsfähig”.
What does rüstig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
healthy, robust, spry
rüstige Renter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vor allem körperlich leistungsfähig
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rüstig
- rüstiger masculine nominative singular
- am rüstigsten superlative
- rüstige feminine nominative singular
- rüstiges neuter nominative singular
- rüstigen genitive masculine singular
- rüstigem dative masculine singular
- der rüstige definite includes-article masculine
- die rüstige definite feminine includes-article
- das rüstige definite includes-article neuter
- die rüstigen definite includes-article nominative
- des rüstigen definite genitive includes-article
- der rüstigen definite feminine genitive
- dem rüstigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rüstig?
- /ˈʁʏstɪç/
- /ˈʁʏstɪk/
- [ˈʁʏstɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rüstig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rüstig in German?
rüstig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).